In ancient Greece, the spoken word connoted power, whether in the free speech accorded to citizens or in the voice of the poet, whose song was thought to know no earthly bounds.
This book presents a fresh view of Russian political change in the Gorbachev and early post-Soviet periods not by examining perestroika and glasnost in and of themselves, but by investigating the autonomous political organizations that responded to liberalization.
Alltagsgeschichte, or the history of everyday life, emerged during the 1980s as the most interesting new field among West German historians and, more recently, their East German colleagues.
The definitive edition of Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death continues with Volume Two, which covers the period from 16 November 1809 to 11 August 1810.
Max Arthur, bestselling author of the hugely popular 'Forgotten Voices' series, recaptures the day-to-day lives of working people in the Edwardian era.
To coincide with the Channel 4 series to be aired at the end of this year - David Starkey's 'Monarchy' charts the rise of the British monarchy from the War of the Roses, the English Civil War and the Georgians, right up until the present day monarchs of the 20th Century.
To understand how change occurs in politics, we should turn from concentrating on intentional political actions to exploring everyday life, especially marginal frames of mind in which people are open to questioning existing ideas and institutions.
In the latter part of the eleventh century a revolutionary group within the Western Church, centered in the papacy, attempted to overthrow the early medieval system of church-state relations by which the church in each country was under control of the kings and other secular rulers.
Peter Smith has written a comprehensive and in-depth study of the structure and more important of the transformation of the national political elite in twentieth-century Mexico.
New World Babel is an innovative cultural and intellectual history of the languages spoken by the native peoples of North America from the earliest era of European conquest through the beginning of the nineteenth century.
These essays discuss principal and much-debated issues in European agrarian history within the context of the general economic history of northwestern Europe.
A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAROne of our most scintillating public intellectuals explores the political paradoxes of the pandemic and helps us think our way through it'We are able to imagine anything because we are being besieged by something that was considered unimaginable.
Household archaeology, together with community and regional settlement information, forms the basis for a unique local perspective of Andean prehistory in this study of the evolution of the site of Lukurmata, a pre-Columbian community in highland Bolivia.
Philip Hoffman shatters the widespread myth that traditional agricultural societies in early modern Europe were socially and economically stagnant and ultimately dependent on wide-scale political revolution for their growth.
Volume Five of the definitive edition of Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death includes 592 documents from 1 May 1812 to 10 March 1813.
Hidden for centuries beneath the jungles of Veracruz and Tabasco, the colossal stone heads of the Olmec emerged as some of the most startling discoveries in Mesoamerican archaeology.
Zunächst sieht alles nach Vergnügen aus: Man ölt die Bärte und trägt bauchfrei, Großstädter zelebrieren den «Bionade-Biedermeier», via Facebook werden weltweite soziale Netzwerke geknüpft.
Geschichte Persiens – Von den Anfängen der Zivilisation bis zur Bewegung "Frau, Leben, Freiheit"Dieses Buch führt Sie auf eine eindrucksvolle Zeitreise durch eines der ältesten und faszinierendsten Länder der Welt.
The Next Century: The Frontier of Global Football is a forward-looking analysis of international football's evolving ecosystem as it moves deeper into the 21st century.
Selten zuvor hat ein Buch in solch einem Detailreichtum und mit so großer Erzählkraft die Geschichte der Beziehungen zwischen Juden und Muslimen nachgezeichnet.
The Hidden Sun: Mithras and the Lost Religion of Rome's Soldiers Beneath the streets of Roman London, in a besieged fortress on the Euphrates, and inside a painted cave in southern Italy, archaeologists keep finding the same haunting image: a god in foreign dress, kneeling on a dying bull, his face turned toward the sun.
Conflict, Cambodia vs Thailand: Exposing the Desperate Struggle to Deny Khmer Culture is a forensic examination of one of Southeast Asia's most enduring and misunderstood cultural conflicts.
Covering the states of Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, A Nation's Birth is a historic travel guide that takes readers to the important sites in Revolutionary War history.
'Elegant and deeply sensory' Katherine May, author of WinteringAn exhilarating leap into darkness in all its forms, enchantments and history: the new work of non-fiction from award-winning poet and writer Jean SpracklandDarkness can make the most ordinary activity feel adventurous.
One of the most powerful examples of human creativity and ingenuity is the ancient craft of pottery, with its delicate balance of form, function, and cultural expression.
2025 SPUR AWARDS FINALISTThis book celebrates the history and culture of the western horse, its ability to capture the popular imagination, and the means by which it has come to symbolize the American West.
